Month: May 2010

HOT-ROD BARAJAS DOES IT AGAIN!!!

Rod Barajas with a two home run night including a game winning walk-off bomb in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Giants 6-4!!! For Hot-Rod, it was his third multiple home run game of the year, his eighth and ninth homers of the season. Introducing our latest addition to the Mets Graphics Library, “HOT – ROD” BARAJAS. This beauty was created by Kelly Horn and I must say she...

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After 28 Games Mets Fans Remain Hopeful

On the one hand, I’m by no means convinced that the Mets are a legitimate playoff contender.  On the other hand they are much improved in virtually every facet of their game.  And that combined with relative parity in the National League certainly should keep the Mets in the Wild Card race as summer approaches.  Then who knows? One month into the 2010 season, Mets fans are still hopeful. ...

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5/7 Minor League Report! HAVENS, Moviel!

AAA International League: Buffalo 5/8/1, Indianapolis 8/11/0 Dillon Gee was cruising through 4, then he gave up a 4 spot in the 5th, and that cost him the win, and got him a loss. Josh Thole took another 0-fer, he’s down to .167 now on the season. cf Jason Pridie 1 for 5, 2 Ks, .296 2b Russ Adams 2 for 5, run, K, .295 1b Mike Jacobs 1 for 4, 2 runs, BB, .283 3b Mike Hessman 1 for 2, 2...

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Giants at Mets Series Preview

For starters let’s all take a moment to thank the baseball God’s that Matt Cain is not pitching in this series, and because of that David Wright shouldn’t have to answer more than 1 question about the head hunting incident.  *pause* End scene. So moving on, the NY Mets stumble home and do their best impersonations of a 2 a.m. “walk of shame.” This series against the Giants begins an absolutely...

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Home Is Where Their Heart Is

The Mets return home to take on the San Francisco Giants this weekend at Citi Field.  We know where the Mets’ hearts are (I’ll explain that in a moment); let’s just hope the Giants left their bats in San Francisco. The Mets went 9-1 on their last home stand, but followed that up with a dismal 2-4 road trip, with two of those losses coming against the Phillies.  Seems like...

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